XPost: sci.electronics.design   
   From: cd@notformail.com   
      
   I find that about 20% of the stuff I try to repair I just make worse   
   and end up throwing it in the garbage. The reason in every case is   
   down to ham-fistedness and carelessness. Fortunately I don't do this   
   for a living and none of the stuff that blows up belongs to anyone   
   else. Funny thing is, you'd expect to get better over time with this   
   activity, but I haven't. My kill rate remains at one in five and there   
   doesn't seem to be anything I can do about it.The other day I had a   
   vintage tape recorder burst into flames because I forgot to discharge   
   an electrolytic cap that I'd diligently re-formed before fitting it.   
   It brushed against something it shouldn't have done in the process and   
   *bang!* another one went west. Sigh...   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)